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Drawn from what Derek Sivers said
language learning How an adult picks up a second language: input against speaking practice, immersion against slow habit, and whether a teacher can do it for you.
But it seems the first thing I’d want to do when first learning a new language is to imitate the accent completely, to get that sound in my mouth, to sound as native as I can.
Where this was said
↗Are foreign accents a reflection of identity?sive.rs
All 2 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd
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Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?
I hold this tooIn tension with
Keeping a foreign accent is a choice about who you are, not a limit on what you can hear or say.
Sivers holds both: that the first thing to do in a new language is to imitate its accent completely, before the words, and that keeping a foreign accent is a choice about who you are rather than a limit on ability. The pair is coherent only if the accent is acquired first and then deliberately let go, which is not what either claim says.
Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.